page_title: New Caledonian languages
section_title: Languages
hierarchical_section_title: New Caledonian languages / Languages
caption_attribution_description: Carte des langues kanak (localisation et nombre de locuteurs)
context_page_description: The thirty New Caledonian languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks. One language is extinct, one is critically endangered, 4 are severely endangered, 5 are endangered, and another 5 are vulnerable to extinction.
context_section_description: Loyalty Islands
  Drehu (Lifou Island)
  Iaai (Ouvéa Island)
  Nengone (Maré Island)
  New Caledonian
  Southern New Caledonian
  Extreme Southern
  Ndrumbea (vulnerable)
  Numèè
  South Southern
  Xaracuu–Xaragure:
  Xârâcùù
  Xârâgurè (endangered)
  Zire–Tiri:
  Tîrî (endangered)
  Zire †
  Wailic
  Ajië
  Arhö (critically endangered)
  Arhâ (severely endangered)
  Neku (severely endangered)
  Orowe (endangered)
  Northern New Caledonian
  Vamale*
  Haveke*
  Haeke*
  Central Northern
  Cèmuhî
  Paicî
  North Northern
  Pwaamei (endangered)
  Pwapwa (severely endangered)
  Bwatoo
  Hmwaveke
  Waamwang
  Fwâi
  Jawe (vulnerable)
  Nemi (vulnerable)
  Pije (severely endangered)
  Extreme Northern
  Caac (vulnerable)
  Kumak (vulnerable)
  Yuanga
  Nyâlayu
  The languages of the northern Voh–Koné area (*) are often discussed as a unit.
caption: Populations of the native languages of New Caledonia. Grey, green, and red are the languages of the New Caledonian branch.
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